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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: You are a Lord II
« on: June 14, 2013, 07:28:09 pm »"To be fair it would definitely matter at some point. Unless you are so blind as to not see that someone could easily figure out how weak we are. I know already, I have to keep the records.""Oh, of course. But we can rebuild more in the greater time before conflict, so that we would be stronger when the war starts. Postulating that there is a war, of course, as seems to be inevitable at this point..."
The glance Raeric sent in the mage's direction was disdainful."No. I would rather attempt to make peace with the hillfolk. Peace is beneficial to both sides...and, worst comes to worst, we can wage war at a different date. Recall that my original plan involved not acceding to their demands, as well..."
"Would you rather let us be bullied by hillfolk, mage? Left at the mercy of mere cattle raiders and petty warlords? What are we going to do if a threat - a real, tangible threat with disciplined armies and more soldiers than we could ever hope to muster - comes up? We cannot allow ourselves to become some other nation's puppet state."
